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>>"The public is getting a very narrow view of the breadth of issues in climate science," he said.<<

That part's true.

>>The range of views held by working climate scientists does not show up in the political version of the debate, according to Roger Pielke Jr., a University of Colorado political scientist who studies the politics of climate science.<<

The variance is level of confidence in human causation and the percent of global warming caused by human activitiy.

And every day that conservatives spend claiming that global warming isn't happening is a day lost in the fight make sure we don't spend a trillion dollars reducing CO2 emissions without being sure that is what's causing the warming.

5 posted on 07/23/2006 9:53:21 AM PDT by gondramB (The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)

"And every day that conservatives spend claiming that global warming isn't happening"

Ummm, I don't see conservatives denying global warming is happening, they disagree on the cause. Get a grip

31 posted on 07/23/2006 11:38:05 AM PDT by MadLibDisease ("Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should relax and get used to it" R .Heinlein)